跨文化交际之东西方饮食文化差异知识课件.pptVIP

The Differences Between Chinese and Western Dietary Cultures Differences in Concepts The highest standard of Western food is nutrition. The highest standard of Chinese food is delicious. In the Chinese peoples concept, peoples diet concept with the emotion as the guidance. As early as in the pre-qin period, the Chinese attaches great importance to the“color, flavor, taste ”. The summary on the formation of diet concept is from morality and life practice. But it is largely different for the Westerners. The pursuit of Westerners to food nutrition is more than the “color, flavor ,taste ”. They attach importance to analyzing food nutrition. They pay more attention to the independence of the individual, so they eat separately. There’s no joy chatting with each other at the table. Differences in Targets  The Diet Structure of China The traditional Chinese eating habits based on plant food. Staple food is the grain. Cooking is built on vegetables, plus a small amount of meat. Giving priority to hot food and cooked food , this civilization is relevant to Chinas early cooking technology development. We eat six hundred kinds of vegetables six times more than in the West We are truly vegetarian The Diet Structure of Western Westerners have nomads and Marine national ’s culture lineage .Their lives is based on breeding, fishing and hunting . So, they are usually eating animal food. For example, they often eat the whole piece of beef or a whole chicken. Western have more developed food industry, such as canned food, fast food, etc. Although they taste monotonous, but save time, and have good nutrition. a large piece of meat whole chickens Differences in CookingOn the one hand Chinese cooking is random. Interesting is strong. And cooking can be cook according to their mood . The same cuisine taste, the main match accessories will also be affected by the chef specialty preferences. Therefore, Chinese cooking is not very standardized, but exists